Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-06
Other Lands Than Ours.

no obstruction during the report stage to
the land bill, that proceeding was gone
through with without any incidents of
unusual interest. Its expected that par
Lament will be prorogued on the 25th of
this month. The most interesting fact of
the week in British politics was the cleo
ton of the liberal candidate, Sir George
Trevelyan, in Glasgow. The coIscrva-
| tives have experienced several serious
defeats of late IN the by.elections. but the
election in Glasgow was the first contest
between follower of MIR. Gladstone and
follower OF Lord Harrington and MIR.
Chamberlain. The result is an increase
of the majority for the Gladstonian of
500 in total vote increased by only 20.
Very serious significance Is attached to
this result by all parties in England, and
the significance is perhaps the greater be-
cause Sir George Trevelyan is in man.
ner renegade from the unionist party.
1t is not denied that the greatest efforts
possible were made by the unionlsts and
tories to cut down the majority. The
failure of these efforts show that liberal
unionism has been as much weakened rs
| toryism since the members of the present
house of commons were chosen. The
| showing will suffice to temper the rigor
of Lord Salisbury's Irish policy with a
| larger measure of discretion than has ac-
companied 1t heretofore. Indeed
| the minlsterialists are reported to admit
that modification of the governments
| Irish policy is probable under this con-
| elusive proof of the spread of Gladston
| ianism. The section of the conservative
| party which was pressing the cabinet to
| proclaim the National league was on the
| verge of success, but it is thought that
the efforts of these conservatives will
| now be Intellectual and that all the efforts
of the government toward coercion will
| be relaxed. 1t is also believed that an
| other result will ba that Mr. Gladstone
will be more chary of promising con-
| cessions to the liberal-unionists. and
| will rather seek consolidated alliance
with the Parnellites, who have been be-
coming uneasy and dissatisfied since the
| expremier's speech leaving 1t an open
| question as to the separation of Ulster
from the rest of Ireland. Two days
after the election the Pau Mall Gazette
announced a home rule plan said to have
been agreed upon at round-table con-
ference and approved by unlonist and
liberal leaders, which has created a good
deal Of interest. 1t provides among
other things that Ireland shall have a
national legislature and executive and
representatives in the imperial parlia.
ment. The published plan would be a
long step IN the direction of home
rule, though falling somewhat
short of the demands of Irish leaders.
| All the Indications are certainly much
more favorable to Ireland.
Nv
| Tho peaceful, yet persistent and ag-.
gressive, trade conflict between Germany
and Russia shows no abatement. 1t is a
contest of very great interest, not only
because of its immediate effects upon the
commerce and financial condition of the
two countries, but by reason of the re
suits possible to flow from it, 1t was
| promised by Russia that her war on Ger
man commerce should cease, but the as.
surance of her ambassador has not been
respected, and fresh measures have
either been put in operation or are
impending. The German attack on Rus
sian securities that ceased for time
was renewed as soon as it was discovered
that Russia was, as usual, playing false,
and the result has been disastrous to
these securities. On the part of the Rus
| sian government a commission has been
| appointed to inquire about certain for
egn companies that own factories in the
western provinces, and it is expected
| that these factories will be closed, 1t is
predicted that German commercial trav-
elers doing business in Russia will be
heavily taxed. The sole purpose of this
movement is believed to be to eXtirpate
the German traders and people in the
Baltic and western provinces. Another
interesting incident of the conflict is the
fact that in the city OF Darnstadt all trus-
tees of orphan estates have been sum-
moncd to make a statement to the courts
of the amount and kind of
Russian securities held by them.
This suggests that the crusade
on the part of Germany has deeper sig
niiicance than mere retaliation for the
anti-German commercial decree of Rus
sia. 1t is argued that Germany can have
no interest in depreclating the property
of German citizens, and it is no good re-
tort to Russian decrees which have in
ilcted loss upon German manufacturers
to inilict further losses upon German
bondholders. The belief is now gener.
orally entertained that Russia is seeking
to negotiate war loan in Paris for pur.
poses more or less opposed to German
interests, and that the, e,attacks upon her
credit In Berlin are Intended to frustrate
this purpose. If this is Bsmarck's aim,
it has been SO far successful that it has
brought upon the Paris bourse an ava
lanche of Russian securities from both
Berlin and London, and has glutted the
market in advance of the new loan. Any
French investor who wants Russians can
get them at lower rates than the new
loan was intended to be offered at, 1t is
reported that theGerman government will
propose legislation looking to the absolute
exclusion of all Russian loans from the
German markets, and also retaliatory
fiscal policy. 1t is not to be supposed
that Russia will fail to meet such policy